Grafton, VT. Beau and Uncle Edmund. 2003
This is one of the best pictures I've ever taken. It's one of my favorites, anyway. I love the look on Edmund's face as his little nephew jumps in with the big kids. The boy wasn't afraid to join in, whether it be swimming in the pond or playing ultimate frisbee with us up on the grass. A few years later I would have dinner in New Orleans with Beau and his Uncle Edmund. When I heard the news of what happened to Beau and his sister, I thought back to this day. How happy everyone was. How much fun we had. How beautiful the setting was. And how, unbeknownst to any of us, we were in the company of a woman who would snap 8 years later and do the unthinkable. Chilling. If you'd like to donate to the Calyx & Beau Schenecker Memorial Fund you can click here.